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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2003
Thomas J. Kelly, Dunlap, IL (US);
Daniel C. Wood, East Peoria, IL (US);
Alan L. Ferguson, Peoria, IL (US);
Paul W. Bierdeman, East Peoria, IL (US);
Brian L. Jenkins, East Peoria, IL (US);
Trent R. Meiss, Eureka, IL (US);
Andrew J. Swanson, Peoria, IL (US);
Thomas J. Kelly, Dunlap, IL (US);
Daniel C. Wood, East Peoria, IL (US);
Alan L. Ferguson, Peoria, IL (US);
Paul W. Bierdeman, East Peoria, IL (US);
Brian L. Jenkins, East Peoria, IL (US);
Trent R. Meiss, Eureka, IL (US);
Andrew J. Swanson, Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and system are provided to perform a process of managing communications in an environment including a mobile work machine having one or more on-board data links connected to one or more on-board modules and a gateway and including one or more off-board data links connected to one or more off-board systems and the gateway. The process is performed by the gateway and includes receiving a request generated by a source device and transmitted on a first data link. In one embodiment, the first data link may be either one of the on-board data links and one of the off-board data links. Based on the request, the gateway selectively executes a server application that performs a server process. Further, the gateway identifies a destination device associated with the request, configures the request to a format compatible with the destination device, and provides the formatted request to the destination device. Additionally, the gateway receives a response to the formatted request generated by the destination device, configures the response to a format compatible with the first data link, and sends the response to a target device over the first data link.